Whfo nontorsion joint prefab at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$354.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$590.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$70.80 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,301.27 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $70.80 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $106.20 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $112.10 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $138.12 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $147.50 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $194.70 ↓ -45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $233.39 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $269.99 ↓ -24%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $271.38 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $295.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna First Health $295.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $383.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $413.00 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $442.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $442.50 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $448.78 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $456.92 ↑ +29%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $472.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $472.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $472.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $472.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $501.50 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $501.50 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $501.50 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $600.97 ↑ +70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $611.86 ↑ +73%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,201.94 ↑ +240%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,301.27 ↑ +268%

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Whfo nontorsion joint prefab at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $165.60 $106.49 – $804.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $176.40 $233.39 – $635.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $381.60 $233.39 – $1,167.91
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $349.80 $233.39 – $987.59
UPMC Altoona Altoona $159.00 $50.35 – $804.83
UPMC Bedford Everett $585.60 $180.12 – $853.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $670.80 $212.42 – $894.40
UPMC East Monroeville $201.60 $16.72 – $804.83

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